Thinking, Intelligence & Creativity – Previous Year Questions
49 questions from past UGC NET Psychology papers, each with the correct answer. Open any question for its explanation.
Topic-wise mock tests
- Cooking something by following the directions in a recipe exactly is an example of the use of:
- Acommon logical error that people make is to seek information that support their ideas rather than evidence that would invalidate those ideas. This error is called:
- Higher-order knowledge about your own thinking as well as your ability to use this knowledge to manage your own cognitive processes such as comprehension and problem solving is called:
- PASS theory of intelligence does not include:
- 'Origence' is related to aspect of Personality?
- Cattell and Horn's theory postulates two kinds of intelligence. A person who is good at using and combining familiar facts has high-
- According to Goddard (1910)'s study on residents of the Vineland facility and their categorization by diagnosis and mental age, the residents having the mental age of 3 to 7 years are termed as-
- Match the following : List I List II A. Processing speed I. Perceptual speed B. Fluid intelligence II. Spelling ability C. Broad cognitive speediness III. Semantic processing speed D. Crystalized intelligence IV. Quanti…
- Match the form of intelligence with profession. List I List II A. Naturalist I. Law B. Spatial II. Programming language C. Logical-Mathematical III. Forest conservation D. Linguistic IV. Architecture
- The leading neuroscience theories of intelligence is called
- Which one of the following is correct with regard to PASS model developed by J. P. Das and his associates?
- Which one of the following is not a component of creativity according to Torrance?
- Following are the steps that should be followed to enhance critical thinking. Arrange them in sequential order A. Adopt the attitude of a critical thinker B. Evaluate information sources C. Recognize and avoid critical…
- Match List-I with List-II List I List II A. Synthetic skill I. Decisions about how to deploy the skills available to a person B. Analytic skill II. To see problems with new points of view and get rid of conventional thi…
- Which of the following comes under divergent thinking ? (A) Fluency (B) Flexibility (C) Elaboration (D) Preparation (E) Verification Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- Csikszentmihalyi (1996) observed that the creative process normally takes five steps. Arrange those steps in order ; (A) Preparation (B) Evaluation (C) Incubation (D) Elaboration (E) Insight Choose the correct answer fr…
- Which of the following is not a metacognitive activity?
- Which of the following is true about the concept of heritability?
- What is meant by theory of mind? A. People's idea about feelings perceptions and thoughts of self and others, and the behaviour these might predict B. A term first coined by Daniel Goleman C. People's ideas about their…
- Which of the following is true about a Phoneme? A. It refers to the disrupted language of a patient with aphasia B. Every language has its own set of phonemes C. A phonema is a category of speech sounds D. It is the sma…
- Robert Sternberg proposed a triarchic theory of following intelligence types A. Creative B. Analogical C. Analytical D. Emotional E. Practical Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
- As per threshold hypothesis there exists __
- Gardner's theory of intelligence posits that a person who is introspective, self-reflective and understands his/her strengths and weaknesses tends to have a higher level of ______.
- Crystallized intelligence includes
- The 'Product' approach to creativity primarily focuses on
- The central aspect of rational thinking involves A. Deduction B. Induction C. Conduction logic D. Reduction approach E. Paradigm Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- The linguistic relativity hypothesis states that
- Match List I with List II List I – Concept List II – Process A. Heuristics I. Breaking whole into manageable parts B. Analysis II. An existing model for representing a problem C. Synthesis III. Means–end analysis D. Men…
- Which of the following is involved in Type 'a' processes of thinking as described by Wertheimer?
- A person's chronological Age is 20 years, and mental age is 16 years. What would be his IQ?